Decision

Resolved that: Executive considers the proposed responses to the recommendations of the Resources and Place Scrutiny Committee as set out at 5.4 and agrees the responses and to undertake the following actions:

·       Strengthening the Projects service to centralise project delivery including a review of the Council’s project management methodology to ensure that key projects are governed by and monitored through appropriate, robust processes from inception to closure.

·       Undertake a review of project management documentation including business case templates, prioritisation tools and project health checks.

·       Embed the output of this review through training for all who have roles within project delivery (i.e. PMs, sponsors)

·       Introduce quarterly status reporting for all Tier 1 projects in an appendix to the finance quarterly monitoring reports to the Executive

·       Review how time recording can be implemented and the level/type of projects that this would apply to. 

·       Share the recommendations of this Sports Hub Task and Finish Group and the LRIE Task and Finish Group of 2020 with the Chairman of the Project Management Task and Finish Group and log the Sports Hub Task and Finish Group the report in the central Corporate Programme Office repository.

This decision is eligible to be ‘called-in’.  However, if the decision has not been ‘called-in’ by 5.00pm on 2 January 2026, then it will be implemented.